Free IELTS, TOEFL and PTE Practice Tests and Mock Exams Available to ASEAN Students
By Muntasir Minhaz • Published Sep 27, 2026 • Updated Sep 27, 2026 • Admissions & Applications, Study in Southeast Asia
IELTS, TOEFL and PTE each publish free official practice materials so you can check your level before you pay for the real exam. Try these first, then book the real test once your practice score matches your target.
📩 IELTS: free sample papers for Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking at ielts.org and British Council
📩 TOEFL iBT: free full-length practice test with real past questions, answer keys and audio from ets.org
📩 PTE Academic: free Smart Prep guides for every skill inside your myPTE account
💵 Paid scored options such as TOEFL Practice Online and the PTE Scored Practice Test give a predicted score close to test day
⏱️ Take a free practice test 4-6 weeks before your target exam date to find which skill needs more work
Why practice before you book the real test
IELTS, TOEFL iBT and PTE Academic each cost money to sit, and rescheduling or retaking adds another full fee. A free official practice test tells you where you stand before you spend on the real exam, so you book at the right level instead of guessing.
All three testing bodies publish free preparation material directly on their own websites. Start there before paying for third-party mock tests or agent-run "predicted score" services, which do not use the real scoring system and cannot tell you your actual level.
IELTS: free official practice materials
The official IELTS sample test questions page gives you full Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking papers for both the Academic and General Training versions, with answer keys and audio. Download them free and time yourself under real exam conditions to get an honest read on your Reading and Listening scores.
British Council , one of the organizations that owns and delivers IELTS, runs its own free practice hub with sample tests for every section plus free guided courses called Road to IELTS and Get IELTS Ready. Use it alongside the ielts.org papers to build up a bigger set of practice material before you commit to a test date.
Free papers give you an answer key for Reading and Listening but not a marked band score for Writing and Speaking. For that you need a paid mock marked by a certified IELTS trainer, offered through your local test center or a British Council branch.
TOEFL iBT: free official practice materials
ETS publishes a free full-length TOEFL iBT practice test with real past questions for Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking, plus audio files, transcripts and answer explanations. It matches the structure and difficulty of the real test, so it is the strongest free option available.
TOEFL TestReady adds free section-by-section practice items for each of the four skills. Use it if you want to drill one weak section instead of sitting a full practice test each time.
ETS also sells TOEFL Practice Online (TPO), a timed, scored simulation that returns a score within 24 hours across all four skills. Work through the free material first and only pay for TPO once your score is close to your target band, since it exists mainly to confirm readiness, not to teach you the format.
PTE Academic: free official practice materials
Pearson gives every test taker a free myPTE account with a Smart Prep section: short guides for each PTE Academic question type plus general strategy tips, all free once you register on pearsonpte.com.
Pearson also sells Scored Practice Tests built from real retired questions and scored by the same AI engine as the real exam, with a full breakdown by skill. PTE is scored by machine, so this paid option is worth the cost close to your test date since the free guides cannot replicate how the scoring engine reads your answers.
How to use a free practice score to plan your test date
| Test | Free official tool | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS | ielts.org sample papers, British Council practice hub | Full papers with answer keys, no marked Writing or Speaking score |
| TOEFL iBT | ETS free practice test, TestReady | Full test with answer keys, no scored Writing or Speaking feedback |
| PTE Academic | myPTE Smart Prep | Skill-by-skill guides, no scored mock |
Sit the free test under timed conditions first, with no dictionary and no pausing. If your score sits well below your university or visa requirement, give yourself 8-12 weeks before you spend on the real exam. If you land close to target, book a paid scored mock, an IELTS trainer-marked test, TOEFL TPO, or a PTE Scored Practice Test, around two weeks before test day to confirm you are ready.
Universities and immigration authorities in destinations such as Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, the UK and Canada each set their own minimum band or score requirements for admission and visas, and IELTS, TOEFL and PTE scores do not always convert the same way at every institution. Check your program or visa page for the exact number before you decide which test to sit and which free practice track to follow.